The 10th H3 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture at 4.41 am local time, carrying the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) probe developed by the Japan Aerospace ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed a spectacular new view of mysterious, wind-carved cliffs on Mars that may hold evidence ...

On October 20th its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission lifted off from Tanegashima, an island in southern Japan. The ...

Japan has launched the MMX spacecraft on an H3 rocket for a five-year mission to study Phobos, collect at least 10 grams of material and return the samples to Earth in 2031.

Japan’s MMX spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and will collect soil from Phobos, one of Mars’ two moons.

A Japanese spacecraft is on its way to study Mars' 2 moons. But that's not all: It will also attempt to bring a piece of ...

Japanese space agency JAXA has successfully launched a mission to visit the moons of Mars — and bring a sample back to Earth.

An ambitious Mars mission launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on Monday afternoon. Led by the Japan Aerospace ...

A Japanese-led mission has launched to explore Mars’ two mysterious little moons and determine how they formed — and unlock ...

Japan launched an uncrewed spacecraft toward the Martian moon Phobos on Tuesday on a mission ​intended to become the first to ...

A Japanese spacecraft is rocketing toward Mars on an unprecedented quest to explore its mysterious moons and bring back ...